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Federal Tipoffs Involving Maine Newsletter for Wednesday April 10, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Maine U.S. Attorney: Bangor Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Penobscot and Aroostook County Drug Trafficking
BANGOR, Maine, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: A Bangor man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to court records, between January 2018 and December 2021, Aaron Rodgers, 43, and others trafficked methamphetamine and fentanyl in Penobscot and Aroostook counties and elsew  more

Maine U.S. Attorney: Caribou Man Sentenced to 13+ Years for Role in Penobscot and Aroostook County Drug Trafficking
BANGOR, Maine, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: A Caribou man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced James King, 54, to 165 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. King pleaded guilty on September 25, 2023. Accordi  more

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard employees visit NUWC Division Newport for tours, briefings
WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - A crew from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on March 20 to learn more about the operations at the warfare center and how collaborations between the two U.S. Navy organizations can be strengthened. The 32 "zone" supervisors who visited are part of the extended dry-docking selected restricted availabi  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine: Massachusetts Man Caught With Large Quantities of Fentanyl, Cocaine and Methamphetamine in Anson is Sentenced to 15 Years
BANGOR, Maine, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: A Hyde Park, Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for two drug trafficking charges and one firearms charge. Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Harold Andujar-Pimentel, 25, to 15 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release. Andujar-Pimentel pleaded guilty on December 21, 2023. Accordin  more